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CARUNCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caruncle" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caruncle"):
lappet; wattle (a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards)
Derivation:
caruncular; carunculous (resembling a caruncle)
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